LIQUOR LEGISLATION.
PROPOSED NEW WAR BILL.
"SHOUTING" TO BE ILLEGAL. /'
EARLY CLOSING UNLIKELY.
Wellington, Sunday. The War Regulations Bill is to be introduced shortly. It will contain the Government's proposals in regard to the question of liquor and hotels during the war. It is understood that " shouting" will be made illegal throughout the Dominion. The demand for six o'clock closing of the hotels has been brought before Parliament by petitions from all parts of the Dominion, containing about 100,000 signatures, but it is unlikely that the petitioners will derive much satisfaction from the Government's proposals. There will be no general early closing of houses, but power will be taken to close at any hour any hotels, especially those in the vicinity of military camps, which are regarded as inimical to the interests of soldiers.
No provision will be made for a referendum on this subject.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16253, 12 June 1916, Page 4
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